Locking-lever



A. 6 SMITH & F. E. HENRY.

Locxm's LEVER.

APPLICATIOI FILED FEI. I8. 1915.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Am 0. SMITH AND FREDERICK E. HENRY, OF DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK.

LOCKING-LEVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed February 19, 1915. Serial 1T0. 9,462.

To allwkom it may comm:

Be it known that we, ALFRED C. Sanm and Farm-anon E. Hnxnr, citizens of the United States, residing at Dobbs Ferry, m the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Locking-Levers, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to means for locking a lever upon a rack bar whereby said rack bar cannot be operated except by an authorized person, andthe object of the inl vention is to rovide a device of this character -which is of a simple construction, cheap to manufacture, durable and whJch will perform its function with expediency and accuracy.

With the above and other ob ects m v ew, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification fallin the scope of the appended claims.

the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, the lodging being shown out of enga position with therackbar,Fig.2isa view artly in section, illustrating the lever locked upon the rack bar, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the hue 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the ugfigr portion of the lever illustrating a 1n cation.

Be nowtothedrawingindetall, the num inthepreseigzinhsltzhnfisisintheforgiof asegmentan w' itsop "to as provided with teeth 2 and a. i v oted inoperation over the segmental rack bar 1 is 40 a lever 4, the said lever being connected with a throw rod (not shown) for actuating certain mechanism (also not' shown). If desired, and preferably, the lever is provided withaspggactuateddogdthesamebe 5 ing conn with a spring presed rod 6 and being provided with an operating handle 7. The dig 5 is adapted to engage 'fir'ththeiztfitaertilzleel 2oftheltgmentalrack '1,so t eeverma swungupon 50 therackbarandbelocked bythe sald dog to an esired position with relation to the rack The rod 6 pases through suitable bearings8 and the numeral 9 designats a spring therefor. The 0 posite edge of the lever 4 is provided with 9 through whic.hpasses and 10,'the sud rod being 1 designates a rack bar, which provided with a dog 11 which is adapted to engage with the lower teeth 3 of the seeglmental rack bar 1. The rod 10 is form at its upper or outer end, with an angular extension 11, the said extension being provided with a head 12 having a bore provided with interior threads. The angular member 11 passes through an elongated opening 14 provided in the lever 4 at the upper or outer end thereof and the said lever is centrally formed with a longitudinally extending recess or channel 15 to reeeive the screw member 16. The screw is mounted in suitable bearings 17 arran within the channel 15 and the upper en of said screw above its outer bearing is formed with a square or non-circular portion 18. The end of the lever provided with the channel 15 is reduced to receive the annular bore of a handle 19. This handle may be secured to the lever 4 by providing the same with an sletd through which pases a pin 21, e sai pin engaging with the reduced portion at the end of the lever, or, and as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the said handle 19 will be formed upon its lower edge with a rib 20 which is. engaged by a sleeve or collar 21' provided upon the end of the lever 4. The up per and outer end of the handle 19 is formed with a non-circular or square opening 23, and the said opening is ada ted to receive therectangularorsquare ank24ofa headed pin 25. The shank 24 of the pin 25 is provided with a rectangular o g 26 which is adapted to engage with e rectangular or squared end 18 of a screw 16. By pasing the key through the opening 23 and permitting the same to engage with the screw 16,.it will be noted that by rotating the handle 19 the rod 10, through the medium of its interiorly threadedhead 12. enga with a screw 16, will be moved either tow or away from the inner saris of teeth 3 of the rack bar 1, so bringing the dog 11 into gement between the said teeth 3 or out o enga ment with the said teeth. It will be furter noted that when the key 25 is withdrawn the handle may be rotated without influencing the rod 10, so that only authorized persons or persons possessing the key may o te the lever after the dog of the same as been locked upon the segmental rod.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the

simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claini as new is:

1. In a device for the purpose set forth, a rack bar, a pivoted lever for the rack bar, said lever having its outer end provided with a channel, a screw journaled in bearings in the channel, said screw its outer end provided-with a square or recta portion, a handle upon the lever and rotatable thereon, said handle having its outer end provided with a central opening, a key adaptedto engage with the walls of the said opening and to also engage with the end of the screw, a dog for co-acting with the teeth of the rack bar, a rod upon the dog, said rod having an angular portion passing through an elongated slot in the liver and a head probvsitdfiglith .a

re engaging screw, sn y as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device of the class described, the combination of a double rack segment, of a lever pivoted for operation over the segment and having a main operated locking dog associated therewith and arranged to engage one face of the segment, an auxiliary loc g dog arranged to engage the opposite face 0 the segment, a screw journaled in the lever, an operative connection between the screw and the auxiliary locking dog, a rotatable handle on the lever and a key removably connected with the handle and adapted to have operative connection with the screw, whereby the auxiliary locking dog may be positively operated in either dlrectlon a. A device of the class described, the

combination with a rack segment, a lever pivoted for operation over said segment, a shiftable dog carried 'bv the lever for engagement with said segment, and means for operating said dog in both directions, said means comprising a screw jonrnaled in the lever, a rotatable handle on the lever, and a removable connection between the handle and screw.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures m presence of two witnesses.

ALERED C. SMITH. FREDERICK E. HENRY. Witnesses:

MIGHAIL A. Gasman, Wanna: C. Knm.

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